Final
Richmond rallies to beat James Madison 21-17
Oct 10, 2009 - 10:18 PM HARRISONBURG, Va.(AP) -- Ben Keating caught a touchdown pass in the fourth quarter and Richmond rallied to beat James Madison 21-17 on Saturday.Richmond (5-0, 3-0 Colonial Athletic Association), the defending Football Championship Subdivision champion, has won 15 straight since losing to James Madison 38-31 on Oct. 11, 2008.
"I sit here before you really humbled and really blessed," Richmond coach Mike London said. "It didn't look pretty, but we played football when we had to play football. This is a special team. This is a team that rallies around each other."
Keating scored all three touchdowns for Richmond. He had a pair of 1-yard runs in the first quarter, his only carries of the game, then caught a 6-yard pass from Eric Ward with 7:20 to play in the game.
Ward was 16 of 26 for 165 yards and a touchdown.
"If Eric is not considered one of the best quarterbacks in the country, I don't know who is," London said. "He's as good as any quarterback out there."
After Richmond's go-ahead score the Dukes drove 57 yards to the Spiders' 6-yard-line, but redshirt freshman quarterback Justin Thorpe fumbled the ball. The Spiders' Eric McBride recovered with 58 seconds remaining.
"He doesn't know. He's young," James Madison coach Mickey Matthews said of Thorpe. "He's got to learn to take care of the ball."
The Dukes (2-3, 0-2) took a 17-14 lead on a 15-yard return of a blocked punt in the second quarter by Corwin Acker.
- NCAAF FINAL
1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
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RICHMOND 14 0 0 7 21
JMU 3 14 0 0 17 FINAL
Richmond 21, James Madison 17 FinalOct 10 3:15 PM - NCAAF END, 3RD QTR
1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
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RICHMOND 14 0 0 14
JMU 3 14 0 17 END, 3RD QTR
Oct 10 2:40 PM - NCAAF HALFTIME
1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
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RICHMOND 14 0 14
JMU 3 14 17 HALFTIME
Richmond 14, James Madison 17 HalfOct 10 2:05 PM - NCAAF END, 1ST QTR
1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
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RICHMOND 14 14
JMU 3 3 END, 1ST QTR
Richmond 14, James Madison 3 End of 1stOct 10 12:59 PM
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